Word Meanings - SPAREFUL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Sparing; chary. Fairfax. -- Spare"ful*ness, n. Sir P. Sidney.
Related words: (words related to SPAREFUL)
- SPAR-HUNG
Hung with spar, as a cave. - SPARPOIL
To scatter; to spread; to disperse. - SPARPIECE
The collar beam of a roof; the spanpiece. Gwilt. - CHARYBDIS
A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla. - SPARSELY
In a scattered or sparse manner. - SPARKER
A spark arrester. - SPARROWWORT
An evergreen shrub of the genus Erica . - SPARKLING
Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as, sparkling wine; sparkling eyes. -- Spar"kling*ly, adv. -- Spar"kling*ness, n. Syn. -- Brilliant; shining. See Shining. - SPARADRAP
Any adhesive plaster. (more info) 1. A cerecloth. - SPARK GAP
The space filled with air or other dielectric between high potential terminals (as of an electrostatic machine, induction coil, or condenser), through which the discharge passes; the air gap of a jump spark. - SPARKLER
One who scatters; esp., one who scatters money; an improvident person. - SPARADA
A small California surf fish ; -- called also shiner. - SPARTAN
of or pertaining to Sparta, especially to ancient Sparta; hence, hardy; undaunted; as, Spartan souls; Spartan bravey. -- n. - SPARGER
A vessel with a perforated cover, for sprinkling with a liquid; a sprinkler. - SPARSIM
Sparsely; scatteredly; here and there. - SPARGE
To sprinkle; to moisten by sprinkling; as, to sparge paper. - SPARLYRE
The calf of the leg. Wyclif . - SPARKLE
1. A little spark; a scintillation. As fire is wont to quicken and go From a sparkle sprungen amiss, Till a city brent up is. Chaucer. The shock was sufficiently strong to strike out some sparkles of his fiery temper. Prescott. 2. Brilliancy; - SPARHAWK
The sparrow hawk. - SPARAGE; SPARAGUS; SPARAGRASS
Obs. or corrupt forms of Asparagus. - DESPARPLE
To scatter; to disparkle. Mandeville. - FLUOR SPAR
See FLUORITE - TRANSPARENT
transparere to be transparent; L. trans across, through + parere to 1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent - OUTSPARKLE
To exceed in sparkling. - DISPARK
1. To throw ; to treat as a common. The Gentiles were made to be God's people when the Jews' inclosure was disparked. Jer. Taylor. 2. To set at large; to release from inclosure. Till his free muse threw down the pale, And did at once dispark - SHIVER-SPAR
A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; -- called also slate spar. - DISPARAGEMENT
1. Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation. And thought that match a foul disparagement. Spenser. 2. Injurious comparison with an inferior; a - DISPARATES
Things so unequal or unlike that they can not be compared with each other. - ESPARTO
A species of Spanish grass , of which cordage, shoes, baskets, etc., are made. It is also used for making paper. - ASPARAGUS
A genus of perennial plants belonging to the natural order Liliaceæ, and having erect much branched stems, and very slender branchlets which are sometimes mistaken for leaves. Asparagus racemosus is a shrubby climbing plant with fragrant flowers. - FELSPAR; FELSPATH
See FELDSPAR - TRANSPARENCE
The quality or state of being transparent; transparency.